Funeral services for Florence Ellen Wilford, 83, of Cadiz, were held 1 p.m. Tuesday, September 14, 2010 at Gamble Funeral Home in Hopkinsville. The Rev. Gregory Stallworth officiated. Burial followed at the Little Mill Cemetery in Cadiz.

Mrs. Wilford died of natural causes at 2:49 a.m. September 10, 2010 at the Madisonville RMC.

She was born January 1, 1927 in Trigg County to the late Ephfrom Wharton Sr. and Katie B. Patterson.

She was a member of the Montgomery Elizabeth Baptist Church where she held church officer positions as the Oldest Mother on the Mothers Board, Sunday school teacher, choir member and usher. She was a retired seamstress at Elk Brand Manufacturing. She was a 4H club leader, Ebony Twilight Homemaker, recipient of the Little River Cumberland Valley District Outstanding Woman of Distinction Award. She was also a reader for the Kentucky Center for the Blind & Physically handicapped.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Bennie Lee Wharton.

She is survived by two sisters, Virginia Rogers of Cadiz, Alva (and husband